Latinos
Latino majority congregations see growth, financial struggles, report finds
By Adelle M. Banks — December 13, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Still, the overarching picture for majority Latino congregations looks more promising than for other congregations,’ said sociologist of religion Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi.
Survey: US-born Latinos now more likely to be ‘nones’ than Catholic
By Alejandra Molina — April 13, 2023
(RNS) — Among the 65% who said they were raised Catholic, 23% said they no longer identified as such.
Poll: Latinos, including Christians, overwhelmingly support abortion access
By Alejandra Molina — October 12, 2022
(RNS) — Latino Catholics (73%) were more likely than other Christians (63%) to stand against making abortion illegal, saying it’s wrong to ‘take away the freedom to make those decisions from everyone else,’ the survey found.
A new survey found Latino Catholics overwhelmingly support abortion rights. Here’s why.
By Alejandra Molina — July 18, 2022
(RNS) — With Roe v. Wade overturned, new data from the Washington, D.C.-based Public Religion Research Institute found that among Latino Catholics, 75% say abortion should be legal in most or all cases. That’s a big jump from the 51% who said so in 2010.
How Archbishop Tutu saved a small New York town from a blowup over hate crimes
By Dwight Lee Wolter — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — A letter from the archbishop resolved an impasse over who is invited to take a seat at the table of justice.
Latino Protestants more conservative, supportive of Trump than Latino Catholics, poll finds
By Alejandra Molina — December 1, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Religion is the largest demographic divider among Hispanic Americans,’ notes the Public Religion Research Institute analysis.
A blue surprise? As Arizona trends toward Biden, Latino voters stand out
By Alejandra Molina — November 12, 2020
(RNS) — The election results in Arizona are a testament to the grassroots organizing work that has been present in the state for the past 10 years.
Study: Biden still leads among Latino Christian voters, but Trump’s support has grown
By Alejandra Molina — October 5, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The bilingual survey, which polled 1,292 Latino Christian voters between Sept. 8-22, is described as the largest Latino religion and politics survey this election season.
Latino Catholic leaders head to border for teach-in and public action
By Alejandra Molina — October 10, 2019
(RNS) — Theologians, educators and activists from across the country are responding to changes in the border crisis brought on by a new policy for asylum-seekers.
As he walks neighborhoods, candidate documents his city’s Virgin Mary shrines
By Alejandra Molina — September 26, 2019
SANTA ANA, Calif. (RNS) — Manny Escamilla is taking photos of his city’s Virgin of Guadalupe shrines as he canvasses the neighborhood for his City Council campaign.
Southern California Catholics to unite in Mass for immigrants
By Alejandra Molina — September 5, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles's eighth annual Mass in Recognition of all Immigrants has particular relevance in the wake of the El Paso shootings and this year's immigration battles.
Italian-American church in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Guatemala’ gets new lease on life
By Katherine Fung — April 10, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) — St. Finbar Catholic Church in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood is part of a larger national trend: The share of U.S. Catholics who are Hispanic has increased by 5 percentage points since 2007 to 34 percent and is expected to continue growing.
I can hear Jesus’ indignant response to the AGs who want to deport ‘Dreamers’
By Mark J. Seitz — July 3, 2017
EL PASO, Texas (RNS) The roles of the scribes and Pharisees are being played out again today in the campaign to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
White evangelicals, Catholics and Mormons carried Trump
By Lauren Markoe — November 9, 2016
(RNS) Evangelical support for Donald Trump surged even as prominent evangelicals, including Southern Baptist Russell Moore, railed against Trump's behavior toward immigrants, women and other groups as un-Christian.
More U.S. Latinos shift and drift outside the Catholic Church
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 7, 2014
(RNS) Choice and change reshape Hispanics' view of Catholicism, Protestant faiths and no faith at all.
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